The Province of Prince Edward Island, Canada boasts the densest network of roadway and
bridges per capita of any Province in the nation. Yet, as late as 2006, PEI Transportation and Infrastructure
Renewal (TIR) had no formal process for bridge management. Inspections were carried out on an ad-hoc basis
with no formal inspection method required and with local consultants having only basic bridge inspection experience.
Further, the Department lacked a bridge management system to manage the province's structures.
In a very short period of only four years, TIR has been able to implement a bridge management strategy that
has included adoption of an accepted standardized inspection methodology, implementation of a bridge management
system, and development of an inspection training program for in-house staff and local engineering
firms. It has also included adoption of new performance measures such as a bridge condition index (BCI),
adoption of bridge asset valuation methods from the BMS, and application of new project level and network
level analysis techniques for forecasting needs and developing prioritized work programs. For the first time,
the Province has been able to forecast condition of structures based on specified budgets.